Dress the way that feels right for you.

Clothing is self-expression. Every student, whether transgender, nonbinary, or cisgender, should be able to show up at school in clothes that match their identity without fear of punishment. Recent federal executive orders limit how the U.S. Department of Education enforces Title IX, but they do not erase your child’s right to dress in a way that matches their gender identity. Within limits (which we note in the linked document) the First Amendment protects self-expression, and the Fourteenth Amendment bars schools from enforcing dress codes unequally. Many states and cities still ban discrimination based on gender identity as well.

If a school singles your child out by telling them to change clothes, barring them from events, or applying stricter rules than it does to other students its policy may be illegal.